Silk's Wedding Chapter 5
Rose G
A/N - Thanks to everyone whose suggested snake names and some of them will be used in future chapters. Now, I'd like a few suggestions for wedding presents for Silk and Velvet - silly or sensible, I don't mind. Please.
'I am not eating that, Polgara.'
'Yes, you are Silk, because I haven't got time to cook anything else. And see, everyone else is eating it.' Polgara gestured to Eriond, who was eating a plate of gruel and wrinkling his nose in disgust. Hettar was taking handfuls of his gruel and feeding it to his stallion without Polgara seeing and Belgarath and Poledra had left theirs and were stalking a deer, eyes flashing. Polgara and Adara, having risen early, had eaten the last of the bacon before considering the others and even Makor and Sambar had been obliged to go without a 'proper' breakfast.
'Oh, really?'
'Give it here, Silk. I'll eat it.' Barak removed the offending plate and eat the contents while Silk spluttered indignantly about the loss of his breakfast. Eventually, still muttering about loud-mouthed Cherek pigs, the little merchant walked over to the horses and started packing.
Three days had passed since Hettar and the others had joined the company, and as they rode up into the mountains of Ulgo, Silk sighed. He knew exactly what was coming, and just on schedule Belgarath spoke. 'It's going to snow soon, and I want a word with the Gorim. However, he's not going to come out of the caves. I'll go and speak with him, but some of you will have to go through the mountains and across to Vo Mimbre, where we'll met up. Who wants to come through the caves?'
The little group looked at each other even as their horses cantered up the foothills of the mountain range. It was Hettar who spoke first. 'I'll take the horses across the mountains and down to Vo Mimbre. I might need Polgara though, because I don't know my way about through there very well. That means Durnik, Makor and Sambar will have to come with me.'
'I'll come with you as well, my Lord Sha-Dar. I wouldn't want you wandering off and getting lost without me to keep you away from Murgos.' Adara smiled and laid her hand on her lover's arm as her albino mare touched nosed with Hettar's bay stallion.
Poledra smiled at the pair. 'I think I'll go with you as well, seeing as I really don't want to put up with him every morning.'
Belgarath smiled evilly, and Silk felt his breath start to come hard. 'I - I am not going into those caves again, Belgarath. I can't. Really, I can't.'
'Too late, Kheldar. Look.' The Eternal Man gestured off to the left, where a group of horses were cantering away. Silk blanched and began to swear. Ten minutes later, when Silk was still inventing swear words to reflect on the habits, parentage and behaviour of the group, Barak reached one hand out and clamped it over Silk's mouth.
'Mmmmphhh....' Silk mumbled nastily and tried to bite Barak's huge hand. Barak removed his hand and glared at the merchant as Belgarath laughed at them, before leaning forward in his saddle and slipping his reins as his horse plunged forward up the mountain. Silk glanced at the mountains, then down to the ground and the caves below it and sighed. 'You'd better have a very good reason for this, Belgarath.'
From miles away came the laughter of the other group as the twins played an impromptu game of tag on horseback and Eriond pretended to chide them. Silk swallowed and closed his eyes.
Chapter 6 - they meet Relg, and Sadi has a surprise for Polgara. Sorry this chapters short.